Today’s Storyboard: (where we tell you a little ditty ’bout a board) So, about a year ago my buddy Pete Mendia was visiting Ventura to talk boards and his plans for the next year, but mostly and more importantly to just go catch some fun waves with his shaper and enjoy the great...

So, I was thinking to myself the other day….”why custom boards?” Why would anybody in their right mind dedicate their livelihood; their life to such a vast, time-consuming, labor intensive effort of the mind and body…. Then, I looked around out at what is the typical approach to...

These fins have been through the ringer of testing over the past year and emerged in their final state with rave reviews across the board. Todd has found this template just works best for him and many other surfers in the 145 – 220+ lb range. To find out why, you can read this thoughts...

We’re excited to be releasing the all new & improved Proctor Surfboard Shop for those who prefer to custom tune their boards online; it is also streamlined to function flawlessly with your mobile devices & in synergy with our new Proctor Surfboards Worldwide Custom App...

We believe that a board is not just “a board”… We believe it is so much more…an instrument; a tune; a phrase that finds its balance; it’s peace from the one-ness it harnesses with the rhythms of the ocean. There is something special and otherworldly about a specifically tuned, finely...

Board Trachting Shaped by Todd Proctor | Kookaburra Model By Shawn Tracht Intro: Before I had kids, I was surfing 3-5 hours a day around my teaching schedule. My surfing life now, however. Today, my time is being split between work, hanging with the family, and sneaking in a surf session....

Surfing Magazine | Surfboard Makers Board Technology Feature Todd Proctor Interview Background: I shaped my first few hundred boards out of a little woodshed in my grandpas backyard because no one else wanted me to “make a mess” trying my hand at shaping. I was 19 years old; and the first...

The Full Stab Interview with Todd Nick Rozsa in the Homegrown Series all but broke the internets on release, proving men with full beards can still be kings. Then he dropped a second set of Homegrown clips and they were even more well received. With the editing skills of Chris Papaleo,...

People often ask me, “Where do your ideas come from for new board models? Do you decide to create a new board just for the heck of it? Why do you have so many different board models?” Well, here is the short story of one particular board ‘Da Monsta’, which has been and continues to be one of my most popular designs. I think it explains well that question … at its root, the simple reason, is to fill a need for a certain type of surfer; a certain kind of wave … to create something that will bless people in a very specific sort of way. Here is the story of ‘Da Monsta’: For me, each new board idea grows from relationship; and sometimes...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. -Abraham...

Thruster vs. Quads (….Five fin convertible set-ups….when to ride thruster? When to ride quad?) When trying out a new board with the five fin convertible option, I almost always find that it is best to run first with a tri-fin set-up. Thrusters are the most predictable and stable...

TODD’S TAKE: More positive hold and drive off the bottom with springier release out of turns; anyone and everyone will notice the difference. The best surfing starts with a strong power base; the fundamentals; turns that use both the fins and rails in conjunction with one another. If...

Kepa Mendia // age: 6 // first visit to the American Surfboard Factory checkin out how boards are made with his shaper, Todd & picking up his first custom SuperGrom surfboard 4’4″ x 15 3/4″ x 1 3/4″ 12.9L...

“I wanted to capture some of the essence of the journey that is the custom, handcrafted surfboard. Where old world art techniques collide with futuristic materials. A personal odyssey beginning as a vision of how the shape will interface with a certain kind of wave; ridden by a certain...

Is Peter Mendia the king of the roundhouse? This video argues yes. It shows a year’s worth of the big man’s travels and includes clips from Hawaii, North Africa, Peru, California, Mexico, Florida, Nicaragua, Indonesia and the Bahamas. It’s chock-full of barrels and power surfing and who doesn’t like that?

ONE NIGHT ONLY, March 28 in select theater’s across the USA. Jack McCoy’s 25th film on surfing. Not a surf movie, a film about surfing. Hawaiian surf culture, The Evolution of the surfboard and the Spirit of Aloha.